diff --git a/include/gepetto/gui/osgwidget.hh b/include/gepetto/gui/osgwidget.hh
index 00413c93716bd5494815b0762afba88768480bfc..3060db2a10b564c8134b35c808bdff4c7a1988d7 100644
--- a/include/gepetto/gui/osgwidget.hh
+++ b/include/gepetto/gui/osgwidget.hh
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ namespace gepetto {
         /// Replace the camera at her home position.
         virtual void onHome();
 
-        int wid () const;
-
         void addFloor();
         void attachToWindow (const std::string nodeName);
 
diff --git a/src/gepetto/corbaserver/client.py b/src/gepetto/corbaserver/client.py
index 2df5a6e57a7e55c0f6998992a270e90b48cacfbb..9a6f051a5b4e3d110ee9f847f4a1627d7005648d 100644
--- a/src/gepetto/corbaserver/client.py
+++ b/src/gepetto/corbaserver/client.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Client:
     try:
       from PythonQt.gepetto import MainWindow
       # At this point, we are in the python interpreter of gepetto-gui
-      self.gui.createWindow = lambda x: MainWindow.instance().createView(x).wid()
+      self.gui.createWindow = lambda x: MainWindow.instance().createView(x).windowID()
     except ImportError:
       # At this point, we are NOT in the python interpreter of gepetto-gui
       pass
diff --git a/src/gui/osgwidget.cc b/src/gui/osgwidget.cc
index f4e3b8be13a7f5e3067aaa7b6abb3143c39bf106..e1d554a3f7510228d40876d1725d63e8627494d8 100644
--- a/src/gui/osgwidget.cc
+++ b/src/gui/osgwidget.cc
@@ -165,11 +165,6 @@ namespace gepetto {
       return wid_;
     }
 
-    int OSGWidget::wid() const
-    {
-      return int(wid_);
-    }
-
     graphics::WindowManagerPtr_t OSGWidget::window() const
     {
       return wm_;
diff --git a/src/gui/python-decorator.hh b/src/gui/python-decorator.hh
index 6e0973c44a94d69e34edfdb438908336b7ec6372..0fb50c5f51e0c52b53a986cf14b32635475e62ea 100644
--- a/src/gui/python-decorator.hh
+++ b/src/gui/python-decorator.hh
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ namespace gepetto {
 
       public slots:
       MainWindow* static_MainWindow_instance () const { return MainWindow::instance (); }
+
+      int windowID (OSGWidget* o) const { return o->windowID(); }
     };
   } // namespace gui
 } // namespace gepetto